Herman Herzog (1832-1932)

Herman Herzog was born in Bremen, Germany in 1832. He studied at the Dusseldorf Academy and built a solid reputation for himself in his homeland before immigrating to Philadelphia in 1869. Once in the U.S., Herzog traveled extensively, painting his was across the western states and arriving in California in 1873. His romantic-realist works from this trip included a series of Yosemite Valley paintings. A wise investor, Herzog worked without the pressure to sell his paintings in his lifetime. Herman Herzog died in Philadelphia in 1932, at the age of 100.